I think it's possible that there's a subjective advantage to the simplicity of vinyl, the fact that the listener can see and easily comprehend some of how it wo

I think it's possible that there's a subjective advantage to the simplicity of vinyl, the fact that the listener can see and easily comprehend some of how it works, and since music is subjective, it's the only quality that really matters. I just had a discussion with some people who know a lot about music who said that vinyl sounded better because it recorded the shape of the sound waves in music. They didn't have an explanation for how CDs or digital formats like FLAC worked other than that they did some kind of incomprehensible digital process to create sound. I argued that all sound has to be coverted to an analog wave in the end, and they were open to the idea, but I think this perception shows that how people understand the process of how music is created affects their perception of it, just like many or most people would say that music sounds better when it is played live, even while being manipulated through electronic equipment, rather than being recorded on electronic equipment and then played.